Last Modified: 4/8/2025

 

USA Cycling, Inc., along with all affiliates and subsidiaries (collectively referred to as “Company,” “Our,” “Us,” or “We”), respects your privacy and is dedicated to protecting it through compliance with this Online Privacy Policy (this “Policy”).

This Policy applies to any personal data we may collect when you interact with our website, mobile application(s), social media account(s), or our programs, events, and competitions (collectively, the “Services”). This Policy is intended for residents of the United States only.

Please read this Policy carefully to understand our practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our practices, please do not use our Services. 

This Policy may be supplemented or amended periodically. Please check back regularly to review our updated Policy. When this Policy changes, we will update the “Last Modified” date at the top of the page.

We do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose personal data about visitors under the age of 13. If you are under 13 years old, you may only use our Services with your parent’s or guardian’s permission and with our verification of parental consent. If you believe we may have received any information from or about your child in error, please get in touch with us at membership@usacycling.org so we can make reasonable efforts to delete that information.

This section outlines the types of personal data we may collect about you offline and online. The term “personal data” is defined here and throughout this Policy to refer to any information that identifies, relates to, describes, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, to you. We may collect the following categories of personal data:

• Identifiers, such as a real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, email address, account name, social security number, driver’s license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers; Financial Information, such as bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, transaction information or any other financial information;
• Insurance Information, such as insurance policy number, or health insurance information;
  • We do not collect this information through our website. However, we may gather it from our athletes when they attend camps or events.
• Medical or Health Information;
  • We may collect limited amounts of health information in accordance with our transgender participation policy or through paracycling classification. However, we do not collect this information through our website.
• Characteristics of Protected Classifications under state or federal law, such as age, gender, and marital status;
• Commercial Information, such as records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies;
• Network Activity Information, such as browsing history and interactions with our websites or advertisements, Internet Protocol address, communications, or social media properties; and
• Geolocation Data

Information you Directly Provide to Us: We collect the information you provide to us when you fill in forms on our website, make a purchase with us, contact us by email, forms on our website, our social media properties, or other means, respond to surveys, or when you make search queries on the website. 

If you submit personal data about other individuals to us, you affirm that you have the authority to do so and to allow us to use that information in accordance with this Policy.

Information from your Browser or Device: We gather information that is automatically sent to us by your web browser or mobile device. This information usually includes your IP address, the name of your operating system, the name and version of your browser, the date and time of your visit, and the pages you view. The information we receive may vary based on your browser or device settings.

Information collected through automatic data collection technologies: While you navigate and interact with our Services, we may use automatic data collection technologies to gather specific information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

• Details of your visits when accessing our Services, including generalized location data as revealed by your IP address, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the website.
• Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.

The information we automatically collect may include personal data, which we may maintain or associate with personal data obtained through other methods or from other parties. This helps us improve our website and deliver a better, more personalized service. The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:  

• Cookies (or browser cookies) are small files placed on the hard drive of your computer. You can refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you choose this setting, you may be unable to access certain parts of our website. Unless you have adjusted your browser settings to refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our website.
• Web Beacons. Pages of the website and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, or single-pixel gifs) that allow the Company, for instance, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and to gather other related website statistics, such as recording the popularity of specific website content and verifying system and server integrity.

We may use the information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal data: 

• to facilitate the operations and governance of the sport of cycling;
• to provide the information, products, and services you request;
• to provide you with effective customer service;
• to provide you with a personalized experience when you use this website;
• to contact you with information and notices related to your use of this website;
• to contact you with special offers and other information we believe will be of interest to you (in accordance with any privacy preferences you have expressed to us);
• to invite you to participate in surveys and provide feedback to us (in accordance with any privacy preferences you have expressed to us);
• to improve the content, functionality, and usability of this website;
• to better understand your needs and interests;
• to improve our products and services;
• to improve our marketing and promotional efforts;
• for security, credit, or fraud prevention purposes; and
• for purposes for which you have provided us with informed, express consent. 

We may disclose aggregated information about our users as well as information that does not identify any individual without restriction.  

We may disclose personal data we collect or you provide as described in this Policy:

• to our subsidiaries and affiliates;
• to contractors, service providers, and other vendors we use to support our business;
• to a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of the Company’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding;
• to business partners to market their products or services to you if you have not opted out of these disclosures;
• to fulfill the purpose for which you provide it; and
• with your consent.

We may also disclose your data:

• to comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including responding to any government or regulatory request; and
• if we believe that disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Company, our customers, or others.

Every time you come to the website, our website’s web server automatically collects information, including, in some instances, personal data, through cookies, web beacons, and other similar tracking technologies (collectively “cookies”).  Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website.  Cookies help the website remember information about your visit, which can make it easier to visit the website again and make the website more useful to you.  Some cookies are deleted once you close your browser (session cookies), while other cookies are retained even after you close your browser so that you can be recognized when you return to a website (persistent cookies).  More information about cookies and how they work is available at www.allaboutcookies.org.  Generally, your email address and all other personal data is collected only when you voluntarily provide that data.

Cookies on our website are generally divided into the following categories:

Cookie Type	Description
Essential Cookies	These are cookies that our website needs in order to function and that enable you to move around and use the website and features.  Without these essential cookies, the website will not perform as smoothly for you as we would like it to, and we may not be able to provide the website or certain services or features you request.  Examples of where these cookies are used include: to determine when you are signed in, to determine when your account has been inactive, and for other troubleshooting and security purposes.
Analytics Cookies	Analytics cookies provide us with information regarding how visitors navigate and interact with our website.  Such cookies allow us to understand, for example, more about how many visitors we have to our website, how many times they visit us and how many times a user viewed specific pages within our Site. Among other analytics cookies, we use Google Analytics cookies for these purposes. For more information about Google Analytics, please refer to “How Google Uses Information From Sites or Apps that Use Our Services,” which can be found at www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/, or any other URL Google may provide from time to time.
Advertising Cookies	Advertising cookies may be placed by us or third parties to enable third party ad networks to recognize a unique cookie on your computer or mobile device.  The information that is collected and shared by these types of cookies may also be linked to the device identifier of the device you are using to allow us to keep track of all the websites you have visited that are associated with the ad network.  This information may be used for the purpose of targeting advertisements on our website and third-party sites based on those interests.

We may use the information collected through cookies and related tracking technologies for the following purposes:

• To make our website easier to use and generally improve its performance.

• To gather metrics about how you interact with our website.

• For security reasons.

• To provide personalized content. For example, we may store user preferences, your default language, device and browser information, and your profile information, which includes the level of your usage of the website so we can identify you across devices and personalize the content you see.

• To advertise to you via behavioral-based/targeted advertising and allow others to do the same. 

You may have specific rights concerning your personal data depending on where you are located (i.e., if you are located in Colorado). These rights include: 

• Right to access: You may have the right to obtain from us confirmation as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed, and, where that is the case, to request access to the personal data.  This access to information includes the purposes of the processing, the categories of personal data concerned, and the recipients or categories of recipient to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, among other categories of information.  However, this is not an absolute right, and the interests of other individuals may restrict your right of access.  You may have the right to obtain a copy of the personal data free of charge.  For further copies requested by you, we may charge a reasonable fee based on administrative costs.
• Right to correct You may have the right to request that we correct any personal data about you that is inaccurate. Depending on the purpose of the processing, you also have the right to request that we complete the personal data we hold about you where you believe it is incomplete, including by means of providing a supplementary statement.
• Right to delete: You may have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• Right to data portability: You may have the right to request that we transfer the personal data we have collected about you to another organization, or directly to you, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, under certain conditions.
• Right to withdraw consent: Where we rely on your consent to process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time with future effect. Such a withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of the processing prior to the consent withdrawal.
• Right to opt out of targeted advertising: You have the right to opt out of our use of targeted advertising by clicking on the “Opt Out of Targeted Advertising” button at the footer of our site.   

To exercise any applicable rights, please send us an email at membership@usacycling.org. We will respond promptly and in accordance with applicable law. 

You may have the right to appeal certain decisions we may make regarding valid requests to exercise their data subject rights. For example, if applicable and you are a Colorado resident and wish to exercise your right of appeal, please email us at membership@usacycling.org. We will respond within a reasonable timeframe and in accordance with applicable law. 

We have implemented reasonable technical and organizational measures to secure your personal data against accidental loss, unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. The safety and security of your information also depend on the choices and actions you make. If we have provided you with a password to access certain parts of our Services, or if you have chosen one, you are responsible for keeping that password confidential. Unfortunately, the transmission of information over the internet is not completely secure. While we do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of the information you transmit to our Services. Any transmission of personal data is at your own risk. We are not responsible for any circumvention of privacy settings or security measures included in the Services.

We will retain your information for the necessary duration to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law.

The Website may contain links to other websites or resources not controlled by USA Cycling. This policy does not apply to those sites. Furthermore, the presence of links to other websites does not imply endorsement by us. We are not responsible for the content of these external sites. Your use of these websites is subject to the terms of use and privacy policies of the linked sites, which we encourage you to review to learn more. 

If you have questions or concerns about this Policy or our data practices, please us contact at: membership@usacycling.org. If you cannot review or access this Policy due to a disability, please contact us for an alternative format.